Why People are Fat
By TexasTornado
@TexasTornado (131)
United States
September 3, 2006 12:13pm CST
Our society spends million upon millions of dollars trying to figure out why we are an obese nation. All I can say is DUH. It’s not complicated and there is no reason to waste all that money trying to figure it out.
Number one, people are fat because good nutritious food is expensive. Yep, that’s right, we are not fat because we are rich but because we are poor. Take for example a bag of chips. You can buy delicious, finger-licking good, barbeque flavored potato chips for under two bucks. Unless you are a complete glutton, this one bag can last you a full week. Now lets look at nutritious food. Strawberries are more than two bucks a pint and will last one day, maybe two at the most.
Let’s skip the snack food and think about food for meals. The entire census tells us that fish is very nutritious. Wonderful! Great information to have, too bad I can’t afford it. I love salmon and fresh tuna, but how am I suppose to afford a piece of meat at eight bucks a pound? I can’t and that’s just the truth. I end up buying a pound of hamburger meat, fry it up nice and greasy, serve it with a nice side of those finger-licking chips, and I’ve got a meal.
Number two; people are fat because good exercise is expensive. I can’t afford a gym membership, or two-hundred dollar exercise equipment, for goodness-sake, with the price of food I can’t hardly waste the time it takes to exercise. And our poor children, do you know how much it costs to get into youth sports these days? Soccer, baseball, even karate, you blow half a fortune on the season and that’s not to mention buying the uniform, cleats and protective gear. It’s so much easier just to spend your money on cable and video games, instant entertainment that fits right into the monthly budget. Throw a bag of chips out there and the kids are good until you serve up the greasy hamburgers for the evening meal as the family watches the evening news.
Number three; people are fat because they are depressed. Why are they depressed? They are depressed because they are broke and fat and their kids are lazy, video game zombies that have no appreciation of hard work and good morals. They are depressed because their spouses spend too much time in front of the television eating potato chips instead of working on their relationships and raising the kids. They are depressed because they are too broke to afford a good marriage counselor, child therapist, or psychologist, so they go to the doctor where for less money, a little pill will make all that go away.
Except for one thing, that little pill makes you fat.
33 responses
@CoffeeBean (151)
• United States
8 Oct 06
Number 1 reason people are fat is that they don't have to hunt for their food anymore. Everything is a hand-reach away. If you were to dropped into the wilderness and had to forage for food the fat would melt right off your body in no time- and thats without exercise.
@pbrown042 (50)
• United States
25 Sep 06
I think people are fat because of laziness. I don't think money has a thing to do with it. Children are stuck in front of a tv now instead of going outside to play and enjoy the fresh air. My parents forced me to go outside and play every day and limited my tv time to one hour a day. I was also involved in other activities. I too, go outside with my daughter every day and do some sort of physical activity with her. I also don't allow her to eat whatever she pleases. If parents would stand up to their kids and get them into a habit of eating well at a young age, obesity wouldn't be the epidemic it is now. My daughter loves veggies because I took the time to introduce her to them from the beginning and didn't cook easy meals like chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese, like a lot of my friends do for their children. She also never had one bite of candy or ice cream until she was two years old, so she never knew what she was missing. Now, she only eats that stuff on her birthday or halloween. It's pretty simple, if you ask me. People get fat because they are lazy.
@massimo (92)
• United States
8 Oct 06
You have no obligation to eat junk food because let's say
there's no junk food around! what would U do then?
there's always something else but we make a choice because
it's easy to obtain, it's everywhere and U don't have to
spend time in the kitchen this way we catch the American
idol or the other junk shows on TV.
@embattledsparkle (1072)
• United States
9 Jan 07
Wow. What a good post. I've thought some of the things you've mentioned often. I can't believe how much it costs if you want to eat "healthy".
@ONUVICTOR (135)
• Nigeria
7 Jan 07
i agree with you but there alot of other things that make poeple fat
@monsterdix (397)
• India
8 Oct 06
Obesity is something that i havent been able to undestand. i have grown with thin people whom i met a year after and could not recognise them coz they were too fat and the opposite case has alo happened. i think obesity has lot to do with genes.
@saq786 (733)
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13 Nov 06
t depends- some people don't eat the right foods and only eat junk food, some overeat, some have a slow metabolism, and some have medical conditions and this is causing them to be overweight. I would not call her dumb though, as it may not be her fault and may be something medical that she can't help. Many people are closeminded and think people are only overweight because they eat too much- that isn't the case at all.
@Idlewild (6090)
• United States
28 Nov 06
Nutritious food doesn't have to be expensive, you can find fresh fruits and vegetables almost anywhere, along with whole-grain food, lean lunch meats, etc. They're not as convenient as fast food, but definitely affordable.
Exercise doesn't have to be expensive. You can go running with just a pair of shoes, you can buy cheap weights to exercise with or even make your own. You can do simple weight training using chairs, steps, etc.
People eat too much, partly it's large portion sizes, too much snacking, eating for emotional reasons, and too much convenience food with high fat and sodium content.
@massimo (92)
• United States
8 Oct 06
The people in America (I should say) are fat because the
life style we live .if you watch the TV for five miutes
you'll see what kind of food they push on the people...WHY?
Both parents are working and some of them don't know how to
cook and don't have the time So thet eat out or call in !
if U really need to exercise why don't you walk?that's what
they do in the gym?do you know what kind of oil they used
to fry your delicious,finger-licking potat chips?
what about the greasy hamburger? and why strawberries?
what's wrong with apples?why don't offer good books to read
instead of video games?you never see fat Chinese or Japanese people until they come to America.
when you go to the supermarket you'll see people going around and around to find the closest space to the door
because God forbidden they have to walk a few yards.
when it comes to poverty,the secret is management and saving by stop buying anything that U can do without
I know it's very difficult but the poor people never
had a choice which is really sad by itself.
I hope U don't get mad....it's life.
@crunchymama (158)
• United States
8 Oct 06
OK, seriously. People are fat because they're not rich?
Good food is expensive, yes. But it's more filling. So stop buying Ho-Hos and buy organic meat and a lot of organic lettuce instead. You'll be spending about the same amount, because you'll need less food! Or cut out meat and spend even less.
Good exercise is no farther than your front door. Walking is one of the best things you can do. Weightlifting is good, too, and used free weight sets can be found at numerous garage sales every year.
And exercising and eating well helps elevate your mood.
It doesn't need to be a big hurdle.
People are fat because they're lazy and prefer to make excuses about why they can't be healthy instead of actually just getting healthy!
(Actually, people get fat from eating more calories than they burn. Barring physiological problems, it's simple math.)
